Willeya australis is a species of saxicolous (rock-dwelling), crustose lichen in the family Verrucariaceae. Found in Indonesia, it was formally described as a new species in 1954 by Dutch lichenologist Pieter Groenhart, as Staurothele australis. He found the type specimen growing on rocks in the falls of the Brantas River (Malang, East Java). Although he included it in the genus Staurothele, he suggested that a placement in Willeya might also be appropriate.[2] Cécile Gueidan made that generic transfer official in 2014 following molecular phylogenetic analysis of Staurothele and related genera in the Verrucariaceae.[3]

Willeya australis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Ascomycota
Class: Eurotiomycetes
Order: Verrucariales
Family: Verrucariaceae
Genus: Willeya
Species:
W. australis
Binomial name
Willeya australis
(Groenh.) Gueidan (2014)
Synonyms[1]
  • Staurothele australis Groenh. (1954)

References

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  1. ^ "Synonymy. Current Name: Willeya australis (Groenh.) Gueidan, Lichenologist 46(4): 527 (2014)". Species Fungorum. Retrieved 9 July 2022.
  2. ^ Groenhart, P. (1954). "Malaysian lichens – IV". Reinwardtia. 2 (3): 385–402.
  3. ^ Gueidan, Cécile; Van Do, Truong; Lu, Ngan Thi (2014). "Phylogeny and taxonomy of Staurothele (Verrucariaceae, lichenized ascomycetes) from the karst of northern Vietnam". The Lichenologist. 46 (4): 515–533. doi:10.1017/s0024282914000048. S2CID 84975353.